Trump Has Been Saying Russia Investigation is a WitchHunt but Does The Public Believe Him? New Polls Out.

President Donald Trump insists questions about once-hidden contacts between his inner campaign circle and Russian officials are a “witch hunt.” in new polls out public-opinion polls suggest Americans don’t agree.

While the public still has considerable confusion about what, precisely, individuals connected to the Russian government did — and how they might have been connected to the Trump campaign — there is general consensus that whatever happened, it merits further independent investigation.

Over the past few months, public opinion on Russia — its involvement in the election and possible connection to Trump — has begun to solidify. And while much of that hardening falls along partisan lines, there are hints that sentiment is tilting against the president.

The public, by and large, doesn’t think Trump has done anything illegal. But they are less-than-comfortable with Trump’s coziness with Russia, and they want to know more about it.

An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released this week asked Americans if they believe that Trump’s relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin is “too friendly” or not. A 38 percent plurality called the Trump-Putin relationship too friendly, more than the 29 percent who said it wasn’t too friendly. Nearly a third, 32 percent, didn’t have an opinion.

4 Comments

Debbie

March 6, 2017 at 4:01 pm

Friendly on so many levels If there is no problem here why wouldn’t Trump want an investigation. It seem he only want people to investigate it has nothing to with him . Everyone should investigation He will keep dividing us

While I’m not sure whether Russia has actually interfered in our election, I do believe ALL contacts with Russia by US officials, from 2008 through the present, and all the business deals involved during those contacts, should be investigated. And made public.

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